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The president was criticized last week when he broke from ​allegations made in stump speeches during the campaign ​that ​Beijing purposely devalued its currency to harm the US on trade.​ He pledged to ​call China out in his first 100 days.

Trump has been seeking assistance from ​China to use its influence with North Korea to end the repressive country’s saber-rattling in the region.

​Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at his Florida resort Mar-a-Lago earlier this month and just last week talked to him about restraining the regime’s leader Kim Jong-un.​

​”​Had a very good call last night with the President of China concerning the menace of North Korea​,” Trump wrote on April 12 about the call.​

North Korea tested a medium-range missile on Sunday, but it exploded seconds after launch. The failure comes a day after North Korea’s annual show of force when the country celebrates the 105th birthday of its founder Kim Il-sung – Kim’s grandfather – by parading its arsenal of military hardware and troops through Pyongyang.